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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 31 - August 4, 2013

(21) Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine

Sergiy Popov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporishya

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$85,169.52

Valeriy Samoday
Russia

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumy

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$32,268.66

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$4,738.90
CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,069.78
CEV Under Age	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	1	US$26,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	28	4	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	3	1	US$33,208.68

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	5	5th	300	US$6,500.00
CEV	7/16-20/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	5	3rd	256	€ 2,625.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	45	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	6/5-9/2013	Under 23 World Championships	16	17th	112	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q3	21st	96	€ 0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q19	41st	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	28, Q18	17th	200	US$2,300.00
CEV C&S	4/2-6/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	20	17th	112	€ 112.50
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	9	13th	180	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	31	17th	160	US$5,100.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool N	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (12)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:43
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool N	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (5)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:42
Fri, 8/2/2013	Pool N	Yury Bogatov / Alexey Pastukhov, Russia (28)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 13-15	0:52

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$10,800.00
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	$26,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sergiy Popov												Valeriy Samoday
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	0	$11,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
36	0	1	0	1	7	4	10	4	0	$42,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,400.00
17	1	2	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	$8,665.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00
86	3	3	2	2	14	6	23	11	0	$76,015.00	Total	36	5	1	2	0	3	2	6	5	0	$27,900.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	9	6	60.0 %
2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,600.00	3	6	33.3 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	0	100.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	$15,800.00	11	10	52.4 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2013	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,125.00	4	6	40.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$112.50	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	$26,400.00	14	18	43.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	18	6	75.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,625.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$1,612.50	10	8	55.6 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sergiy Popov													Valeriy Samoday
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	$7,900.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	$7,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,562.50	2013	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,562.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25
27	4	1	2	0	3	2	8	4	3	$15,818.75	Total	Total	31	4	1	2	0	3	2	9	4	6	$15,818.75

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-8	33.3%
2012-2013	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-8	33.3%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
U23 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	8	5	14	16	0	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	32	28

Head to Head Results
Popov/Samoday trail the series against the field 9-15 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/4/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Popov/Samoday	20	22-20, 21-14	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-2
7/19/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Winner 4	Doppler/Horst	1	Popov/Samoday	5	18-21, 21-11, 16-14	0:51
4/5/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Contender 2	Doppler/Horst	3	Popov/Samoday	20	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Popov/Samoday	21	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gavira/Herrera	27, Q6	Popov/Samoday	Q11	12-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Koshkarev/Semenov	21	Popov/Samoday	45	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Bockermann/Urbatzka	12	Popov/Samoday	21	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 5-1
7/20/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 5	Popov/Samoday	5	Kantor/Losiak	2	21-13, 23-21	0:37
6/7/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	1	Popov/Samoday	16	19-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:57
4/23/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	Kantor/Losiak	Q15	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
7/21/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Gold Medal	Popov/Samoday	20	Kantor/Losiak	3	23-21, 21-19	0:45
7/20/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Popov/Samoday	20	Kantor/Losiak	3	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
9/4/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Popov/Samoday	20	Kantor/Losiak	9	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Series tied with # 14 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 1-1
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Weingart	22, Q3	Popov/Samoday	Q19	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
4/4/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 1	Popov/Samoday	20	Gabathuler/Weingart	13	21-18, 10-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Popov/Samoday	45	Eithun/Horrem	28	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Fluggen/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-2
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Fluggen/Walkenhorst	10	Popov/Samoday	5	24-22, 21-18	0:39
7/20/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Semi-Finals	Fluggen/Walkenhorst	10	Popov/Samoday	5	21-19, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 22 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-1
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Popov/Samoday	5	Mullner/Wutzl	6	28-26, 17-21, 15-11
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mullner/Wutzl	Q14	Popov/Samoday	Q19	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 26 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	Garcia/Marco	12	Popov/Samoday	5	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 27 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	28, Q18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 28 Bogatov/Pastukhov, Russia 0-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Bogatov/Pastukhov	28	Popov/Samoday	21	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52